Seems like there are growing numbers of pilots NOT planning to go the full distance.
I for one will be bugging out before the big five oh comes around. There is much more to life than just laying in bed trying to recover from crap rosters, four sector days, swallowing crap from an industry that is a stranger to the truth, married to a wife getting pissed off being married to a tired over worked grumpy git, getting up in the middle of the night to go to work, getting up in the middle of the night because my body clock is buggered etc. etc. Ah the money. What money? Pension down the toilet, the rest gone to the mortgage company, bank, taxman and Tesco.
I know some really good fishing spots, and places to sail. Beer to brew, House to paint, garden to dig, social life to live and family to enjoy. All of these things I used to do before flying. Welcome back life
